The next morning, sunlight streamed onto the hospital bed. Shen An'an turned over, looked at her sleeping parents beside her, and rubbed her eyes.
Last night, Li Xianxue took Shen Wan, Shen Suisui, and Shen Niannian back home. Right now, there are only the three of them in the ward.
Seeing a crumb fall onto Jiang Yu's head, she gently reached out to remove it. Unexpectedly, this movement was a bit too abrupt, and the woman opened her eyes, looked at her blinking son, and sat up.
Hearing the noise, Shen Ying also woke up, and the two anxiously asked Shen An'an if she felt unwell.
He shook his head, blinked, and thought for a moment. He said:
"Mommy, An'an wants to eat chocolate again. It's sweet and smells so good."
As he said this, he even smacked his lips. You see, he had never even heard of chocolate back in Shicun. It was only after coming to live with his parents that he was able to taste it.
"When you get better, Mommy will go buy it for you, okay?"
Jiang Yu already believed what Shen Niannian had said last night, and now that she heard her youngest son say this, she suppressed the urge to rush out and find Bai Ling to beat her up, and comforted her instead.
"good."
Shen An'an clapped her hands happily, babbling incoherently. Shen Ying found their conversation strange and asked with curiosity:
“When did An’an eat chocolate? Dad doesn’t remember buying you any these past few days.”
"It was bought by the aunt who came to my house yesterday. She gave me several pieces to eat."
Shen An'an asked, unaware of the truth. He didn't know that the chocolate given by that woman had caused his hospitalization; he simply thought it was an aunt who had given him candy.
At this moment, Shen Ying's face darkened. He instantly understood the reason for the situation, and his previously slightly improved impression of Bai Ling changed completely.
At that moment, he vowed to handle his relationship with that woman properly and prevent such a thing from happening again.
Looking at his expression, Jiang Yu made up her mind. She decided she no longer cared about the plot's development; Bai Ling's life or death was none of her concern.
After finishing her morning rounds, Jiang Yu planned to go back to Shenjiazhuang to get some clean clothes for Shen An'an. She had been too rushed last night, and the child's condition wasn't particularly stable, so she had put it off.
"I'll go."
Shen Ying watched the doctor leave the ward and then discussed things with the woman. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, but he didn't know why he had this feeling.
"Forget it, you just stay at the hospital and take good care of An'an. I know the kids' things at home better than you do."
Jiang Yu refused the man's request, comforted Shen An'an, and embarked on her journey home.
Shenjiazhuang: Zhao Meiyun wanted to take a car to the city to see her grandson early in the morning. Shen Wan tried to persuade her not to rush, but she wouldn't listen.
Seeing that the siblings Shen Suisui and Shen Niannian had finished breakfast, tidied themselves up, and were about to leave, Shen Wan tried to dissuade them but to no avail, so she followed them. Before leaving, she closed the door behind her.
"Zhao Meiyun, where are you going so early in the morning?"
The sound coming from the west end of the village was very familiar. Zhao Meiyun glanced over and saw her elder sister, Zhao Lan, walking towards their house with a cane.
"aunt?"
Shen Wan was puzzled when she saw her long-lost relative. She wondered where the sun had risen today to run into this opportunistic old lady.
Shen Suisui and Shen Niannian had seen her come to their house to extort money from their parents before the New Year. She looked fierce and menacing, which scared them so much that they hid behind their aunt.
Upon noticing the children's behavior, Shen Wan immediately guessed that they must have come to cause trouble before she and Zhao Meiyun returned to the village. Otherwise, the two children would not have acted this way.
Zhao Lan completely ignored Shen Wan's address. In her mind, only boys were qualified to speak to her, and she disdained to pay attention to a daughter like herself who was going to get married anyway.
"Sister, what brings you here?"
Zhao Meiyun's smile seemed forced; she regretted not having gone to the hospital sooner. Now, she was in a predicament, caught between a man like this—leaving was not an option, but staying was even more undesirable.
"I heard you built a house and brought you two back from the city. What? Now that you've built a two-story house, you look down on your poor relatives? Do you want me to just stand there at the door? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the villagers?"
As Zhao Lan spoke, her eyes never left the two-story villa. She thought to herself, "This house is wonderful; it looks grand and beautiful, truly excellent."
"this..."
Zhao Meiyun smiled awkwardly and reluctantly took out the front door key from her pocket.
'Whoosh~'
With the door wide open, Zhao Lan ignored everything, pushed Shen Wan aside who was blocking her way, and headed towards the courtyard.
Zhao Meiyun and the children followed closely behind, thinking they were probably just there to take a look at the house, and left quickly.
Upon entering the room, Zhao Lan was immediately struck by its decor. She had never seen such beautiful furniture before, touching and examining it with an unprecedented greed in her eyes.
"Sis, why did you suddenly come to our house? Is something the matter?"
Seeing this, Zhao Meiyun was afraid that she might have broken something, so she quickly pulled her to the sofa and made her sit down. She then started a conversation to ask her about it.
Zhao Lan didn't care about any of that. She propped her cane up behind the sofa, crossed her legs, and slowly glanced around:
"What, isn't that little vixen home?"
Although her words were harsh, she was also worried that Jiang Yu might suddenly appear from some corner of the house. The last incident had demonstrated that woman's ruthlessness; she actually wanted to send her and her son to jail—it was truly depraved.
"Sister, you're getting on in years, what you're saying is really harsh."
Zhao Meiyun disliked Zhao Lan's way of speaking and reluctantly reminded her.
"What? You're afraid of her? I'm not. Have you forgotten how she kicked you out of the house? You really don't have a good memory. No wonder everyone can bully you."
Zhao Lan disliked that she spoke in favor of Jiang Yu and couldn't help but complain.
Zhao Meiyun knew that her sister had always been like this over the years, so she quickly changed the subject:
"So what brings you all this way?"
When asked about the crucial point, the old lady became mysterious. She slowly and deliberately said:
"Isn't this your eldest nephew, Wang Lai? He's thirty-six years old this year and still hasn't found a suitable partner."
Based on her description, Zhao Meiyun recalled that it seemed to be true, but Wang Lai was always up to petty theft and was in and out of jail every few days. What kind of decent person would dare to marry him?
"really."
She gave a perfunctory answer, clearly not wanting to continue the topic.
"It's all your son's fault and that little hussy's fault. They wouldn't even lend a thousand yuan. The marriage they arranged before the New Year fell through. They said they had no money, so how come they have money to build a house now?"
"I don't care, your family must take full responsibility for Lai'er's marriage."
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